COLOUR & CULTURE: HOLI IN RAJASTHAN

September 02 2025

COLOUR & CULTURE: HOLI IN RAJASTHAN

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Holi is the “spring” festival and celebrates the rebirth of nature after winter has passed. Celebrated across India, it’s a vivid and vibrant event and marked by people playfully throwing coloured powder at each other, to mimic the colours of Spring. A public holiday, children delight in bouncing out of bed and colouring each other’s faces pink, green and yellow and spraying each other with coloured water!

Homes are festive and outside each doorstep you will usually find a traditional “rangoli” - an intricate and artistic design made with coloured rice powder. Mothers can often be found in the kitchen cooking up sweets and goodies for the kids. Rajasthan celebrates Holi with great fervour and in cities like Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur the celebrations spill out into the street and entire neighbourhoods celebrate with one another. A playful sense of competition may even pit two neighbourhoods against one another in a friendly game of colours splashing about on each other. In rural Rajasthan, Holi is a major event. Folk dances and music form a part of the celebrations and entire villages take part.

As dusk falls, one usually says a small prayer and offers thanks to the onset of Spring and the bounty of nature. A zest for life and a sense of exuberance pervade the air. Celebrate your joy at being alive by planning a trip to India for Holi! Visit acmetours.com to book your holiday today.

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COLOUR & CULTURE: HOLI IN RAJASTHAN

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